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Names and Nature in Plato's Cratylus

By Rachel Barney, Robert Nozick Copyright 2001
    238 Pages
    by Routledge

    238 Pages
    by Routledge

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    This study offers a ckomprehensive new interpretation of one of Plato's dialogues, the Cratylus. Throughout, the book combines analysis of Plato's arguments with attentiveness to his philosophical method.

    Biography

    Rachel Barney is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago.

    "[Barney's] penetrating and sustained study of the Cratylus will be useful to any serious student of Plato or of ancient Greek language science. She concentrates on philosophical argument yet she does not overlook the literary aspects of Plato's dialogue." -- Malcolm D. Hyman, Harvard University